Nuzi

Nuzi was an ancient Mesopotamian city located along the Tigris River, to the southwest of the city of Arrapha (present-day Kirkuk, Iraq). It was founded by the Akkadian Empire, but, in around 1500 BC, invading Hurrians captured the town and renamed it Nuzi. In 1290 BC, the city-state decided to join the Middle Assyrian Empire after being bribed into opening its gates, and it became a provincial town of Arrapha.